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Re: Server hacked - next...?



On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 23:41, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:12, Donovan Baarda wrote:
> > In then end it is nearly always easier to re-install than to just clean
> > the system without it, even if the hacker did leave .bash_histories
> > behind that show everything he/she did.
> 
> Besides, just because a script-kiddie got in first does not mean that a 
> skilled and experienced person didn't follow them.  Or maybe a skilled person 
> cracked the machine months or years before the script-kiddie...

I almost added that the .bash_history's could have been forged by a more
skilled cracker to hide something more subtle...


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